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    The Equal Pay Act 1970 (c. 41) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that prohibited any less favourable treatment between men and women...
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  • Equal Pay Act can refer to: Equal Pay Act of 1963 in the USA Equal Pay Act 1970 in UK This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see gender...
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  • embraced the principle of equal pay for equal work; one example of this process is the UK's introduction of the Equal Pay Act 1970 in response both to the...
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    primarily, of the Equal Pay Act 1970, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Race Relations Act 1976, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and three major...
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    the United Kingdom. It was a trigger cause of the passing of the Equal Pay Act 1970. The strike, led by Rose Boland, Eileen Pullen, Vera Sime, Gwen Davis...
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    to keep under review the workings of the Sex Discrimination Act and the Equal Pay Act 1970. The EOC helped individuals bring cases to employment tribunals...
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    did not receive equal pay. The Equal Pay Act 1970, based on the Equal Pay Act of 1963 in the United States, was passed on 29 May 1970 and stipulated that...
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  • between 1970 and 1978, with the first taking place in 1970. 1970: The Equal Pay Act 1970 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament from 1970 which prohibits...
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  • women's traditional family roles. The successful strike led to the Equal Pay Act 1970. Mardyke estate Dagenham Civic Centre Eastbourne Merthyr Tydfil Croydon...
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  • first proposed, the Equal Pay Act became law in the U.S., and it established equality of pay for men and women performing equal work. However, it did...
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  • witchcraft in Essex in 1645. Churchill's play was inspired by the Equal Pay Act 1970 and explored the unequal treatment of women to men in England, both...
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  • the Equal Pay Act 1970, or the Treaty of the European Community article 119. The company argued she had no claim because the UK's Equal Pay Act 1970 did...
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    distribution depot staff, paid more, were men, violating the Equal Pay Act 1970 and Equality Act 2010. In March 2021 the employees won a Supreme Court case...
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  • country". In 1943 they called for "Equal Pay for Equal Work" and continued to argue for this until the Equal Pay Act 1970 was passed. 1954's resolution to...
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    indirect discrimination is found for the issue of equal pay between men and women. Because the Equal Pay Act 1970 preceded other legislation, and so did the...
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    that to which she is now subject, and has been since and despite the Equal Pay Act 1970 which came into force on 29 December 1975. In effect, the court was...
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  • MPs and peers to redraft the government's proposed amendment to the Equal Pay Act 1970.[citation needed] In 1979, Nandy began to forge a link with the Directorate-General...
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    a fine of the second category. Equal Pay Act 1970 – provides for equal pay for comparable work. Sex Discrimination Act 1975 – makes discrimination against...
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  • complaint about having been harassed or discriminated against. The Equal Pay Act 1970 demanded that men and women doing the same work get paid equally....
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    Relations Act 1965 and the Race Relations Act 1968. In the 1970s, anti-discrimination law was significantly expanded. The Equal Pay Act 1970 allowed women...
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    changed in the 1970s, which saw the passages of the Equal Pay Act 1970 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Around this time, segregation was ended. The Metropolitan...
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  • Discrimination Act 2005 Equal Pay Act 1970 Equality Act 2006 Equality Act 2010 Race Relations Act 1965 Race Relations Act 1968 and Race Relations Act 1976 amended...
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  • the EU. The first significant expansion was the Equal Pay Act 1970, brought in to try to ensure pay equality for women in the workplace. Since 1997,...
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    Harold Wilson (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970)
    in 1968 and in 1970 the Equal Pay Act 1970 was passed. Another important reform, the Welsh Language Act 1967, granted 'equal validity' to the declining...
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    Barbara Castle (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970)
    pay discrimination, speaking out in support of the strikers, and overseeing the passage of the Equal Pay Act. After Labour unexpectedly lost the 1970...
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  • the TUC described as having helped to pioneer the Equal Pay Act 1970 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Chipchase also had significant impact on the TUC's...
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    industrial cities of the North. The Equal Pay Act 1970, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Race Relations Act 1976 were passed by Harold Wilson's...
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    the Equality Act 2010 section 79(4)(c), and its predecessor, the Equal Pay Act 1970 section 1(6). The Employment Tribunal, presided over by Ryan J, held...
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  • terms’. Balcombe LJ [1994] ICR 810 overturned this, arguing under the Equal Pay Act 1970 section 1(6) that conditions needed to be the same if one chose a...
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